Kohinoor South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°45′37″S 137°24′17″E / 35.760360°S 137.404590°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 560 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Nepean Bay”) ( 2011 census) [2] [a] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 2002 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5223 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer ( DST) | ACST ( UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Kangaroo Island Council [1] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [4] | ||||||||||||||
County | County of Carnarvon [1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Mawson [5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Mayo [6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates
[1] Locations [3] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [1] |
Kohinoor is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 137 kilometres (85 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south-east of the municipal seat of Kingscote. [1] [3]
Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from Kohinoor Hill, a hill located within the locality’s boundaries. [1]
Kohinoor is bounded in part by the Playford Highway to the north. [1] The principal land use in the locality is primary production. [8] [1]
Kohinoor is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. [6] [5] [1]